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Please help What is the First Step in solving this equation (isolating de variable)?=10

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The first step in solving an equation (isolating the variable ) = 10

First, Is to do common thing to the both sides either by adding , substracting or dividing

Example: 2a = 10

To isolate variable a

Divivde the both sides by the coefficient of a which is 2

2a / 2 = 10/2

a = 5

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